Plös Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Plös Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plös Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Plös Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Plös Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Plös is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Plös.

How Common Is The Last Name Plös? popularity and diffusion

The last name Plös is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Plös are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Plös is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 93 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plöse8954/
Plöhs892/
Plösch80180/
Ples752,114/
Plöd7521/
Pless674,716/
Pleus67957/
Pluis67589/
Plesz67542/
Plesh67421/
Plosz67115/
Plash6795/
Plödt6744/
Plasz6740/
Plöch6722/
Ploes6713/
Plött6710/
Plaes678/
Plehs677/
Plešs672/
Phles671/
Pöllö671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Plös
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